| Diplomatic transcription of the title page | [title page 1 in a foreign hand:] À | MADAME | HÉLÈNKA | PUCOVÁ | B. MARTINU | QUATUOR | À | CORDES | IV. | PARIS | MAI | 1937
[title page 2 in Martinů´s hand:] A Madame | [underlined twice time:] Helenka Pucova. | [underlined twice time:] Quatuor. | [underlined:] à cordes. (IV.) | [underlined:] B. Martinů | Paris Mai 1937 |
| Number of leaves | 20+5+5 |
| Number of pages bearing notation | 38 |
| Total number of pages | 38+1(titulní list/title page)+2(tištěný titulní list, barevná ilustrace/printed title page, coloured illustration) |
| Original pagination | 1-38 |
| Dimensions (width x height) | 265 x 345 mm |
| Binding | Sheets bound into hard leather cover |
| Paper characteristics | Yellowed |
| Number and arrangement of staves | 24 |
| Total span of staves | 300 mm |
| Distance between staff lines | 0,7 mm |
| Writing instrument | Pen (black ink), lead and red pencil |
| Content of particular pages | At the end of the score (p. 38), Martinů wrote: "Paris Avril Mai 1937. B. Martinů" |
| Markings by B. Martinů | Corrections and markings in pencil |
| Other markings | Pencil and red pencil markings to indicate page breaks for the engraver |
| Comments | On the front of the boards covered with ivory-colored leather, an embossed monogram "HP" (green and red) is overlaid with the motif of violin and bow (golden); motifs of crorchets and quavers alternating with the numeral 10 are embossed on the bottom half of the front cover. On frontispiece colour illustration by František Kupka. Back of the boards covered with green-colored leather. The top of leaves gold-edged. |